“In any foreign market, companies should consider several general principles for effective protection of their intellectual property. For background, link to our article on Protecting Intellectual Property and Stopfakes.gov for more resources.”

Contact: 

U.S. Intellectual Property Attaché for Middle East and Africa

Name: Rasha Abdelmagid

Address: The U.S. Embassy Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 4009, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Telephone: +971-50-891-4306

E-mail: rasha.abdelmagid@trade.gov

• For more information, contact ITA’s Office of Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (OSIP) Director, Stevan Mitchell at Stevan.Mitchell@trade.gov

Please also refer to State Department’s Investment Climate Statements, which include information on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in foreign economies at Investment Climate Statement website.